Example sentences of "at an [adj] age " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think , ’ Rory said , ‘ it 's called being at an awkward age . ’ |
| 2 | Each sex switches from growth to reproduction at an optimal age , t for males and t for females , depending on how size affects fitness for each sex . |
| 3 | Thirty four cases have been diagnosed with asymptomatic polyps at an average age of 21.2 years ( range 9–42 ) . |
| 4 | For year-round interest , firs like Abies lasiocarpa appreciate heavy , moist soil , although A. koreana is my personal favourite because it produces cones at an early age . |
| 5 | Burrows also believes that smacking can be started at an early age . |
| 6 | At an early age he developed a desire for foreign travel and it was the Dutch East Indies which first attracted him . |
| 7 | If you get to know about these things at an early age you lose your shame and shyness . |
| 8 | It 's got nothing to do with the fact that he got bent out of shape at an early age and has been shaping laughs out of the kinks ever since . |
| 9 | As we saw earlier many of those interviewed had little traditional academic background having left school at an early age . |
| 10 | At an early age , Edward I had married Eleanor of Castile , and they had sixteen children ( nine died in infancy ) and they were devoted to each other . |
| 11 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
| 12 | Apart from the considerable advantages for the mentally handicapped child , the other children will have first hand contact with mental handicap at an early age . |
| 13 | The children were at work at an early age teasing and cleaning the fleece with carders , wooden bats with sharp teeth , to remove tangles and impurities . |
| 14 | This dog would clearly have been a dual champion had he not been killed at an early age , constituting a great loss to the Australian show scene . |
| 15 | Many Rottweilers have been encouraged forward at an early age by less than proficient trainers , who then find that the dog 's defensive instinct matures , they are powerless to control the fruit of their labour . |
| 16 | So many good young dogs have been ruined at an early age by incompetent trainers . |
| 17 | The chances of achieving great things with your puppy increases if training begins at an early age . |
| 18 | The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age . |
| 19 | The middle-horns were the most esteemed of draught cattle because of their activity and hardiness ; they would also fatten at an early age if not working but the milk yield of the cows was poor in comparison with the short-horned cattle of Durham , Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . |
| 20 | In the 1780s the Norfolk cattle in general were described as blood red with white or mottled faces like miniature Herefords and able to fatten easily at an early age . |
| 21 | Instead , the elder Poole apprenticed his son at an early age to the tanning trade , the younger showing his resentment by ‘ ostentatious inattention ’ to the work of the tanyard and a steady devotion to his books . |
| 22 | However , they are so often held back with comments such as ‘ you are too young ’ , ‘ we can not trust you ’ , ‘ your time will come ’ — time and time again I have heard the same complaint by those who have achieved their goals at an early age . |
| 23 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |
| 24 | people learn at an early age ways of feeling and behaving that tend to become habitual regardless of their continued appropriateness . |
| 25 | She had also instilled into Yanto at an early age , that he was better than most and as good as anybody . |
| 26 | Engineers of this discipline are in the greatest demand , and receive the highest salaries at an early age , Imagine also that the raw material used by these engineers has been rapidly increasing in abundance and dramatically decreasing in cost over a period of 20 years . |
| 27 | THE under fives of Liphook have an opportunity to develop confidence and fulfil their potential at an early age thanks to three afternoon pre-school groups . |
| 28 | The son of one of the Sheriffs of Glasgow , he lost his hearing at an early age and after first attending an ordinary day school , became one of the private pupils of the Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution . |
| 29 | William Agnew was born deaf in Glasgow , and at an early age was sent to be educated at the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , where he proved to be a remarkable scholar . |
| 30 | Miller finds that patterns are almost always well defined at an early age , consist of between 20 and 25 distinct preferred activities , and are thereafter extremely difficult to change . |